[SOLVED] Desktop shortcuts stopped working ?

[JLC17]

I noticed this thread about creating NEW shortcuts

viewtopic.php?f=208&t=285360

However, my problem is slightly different in that the shortcuts I had on my desktop before I upgraded to 19 have all stopped working. When I click on them - nothing.

[smurphos]

There a couple of outstanding bugs for some desktop launchers. I think both were introduced late in the beta by a fix for another bug from 19.

https://github.com/linuxmint/nemo/issues/2009

https://github.com/linuxmint/nemo/issues/2039

[JLC17]

OK, thanks to the bug reports above

https://github.com/linuxmint/nemo/issues/2009

I've found a workaround.

My shortcuts were firing up an ssh connection to a server. The original shortcut was:

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[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Comment=Secure Shell to Debian server
Terminal=true
Name=SSH to DebServer64
Exec=ssh user@192.168.10.97 -p 971

Changing the exec line to:

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Exec=gnome-terminal -e "ssh user@192.168.10.97 -p 971"

fixed the issue.

I guess the Cinnamon guys were feeling a need to compete with the Windows 10 updates ?